Maria Micozzi

Maria Micozzi, Italian artist, was born in Tolentino, Macerata, Italy on 1939.

Since her early youth, she showed an early and clear creative talent, by recognizing painting and sculpture as means of expression specific of herself, in spite of the fact she never attended a School of Arts, due to family reasons.

She took up classical studies, enrolling later to the faculty of Mathematics and Physics at Milan University, Italy. Later, always in Milan, she cultivated the most beloved studies of Philosophy first, followed by the ones in Neuropsychology and Psychoanalysis. Last but not least, she studied Epistemology, concentrating on the theory of the “Complex Systems”, according to Gregory Bateson’s “relational“ concept first and then Prigogine's and Morin's.

With an intellectual background in both science and the humanities, Micozzi’s work reflects her wide-ranging interests. Relation, in its necessary and universal nature, lies at the very heart of Micozzi’s thought. She made art her occupation, experimenting with untried technical and formal solutions and using basic materials such as wire or string, among others. These she sometimes uses as a support for painterly quality in the great Renaissance tradition from Leonardo to Michelangelo.

The true locus of her synthesis, however, is on the compositional level. “In her work, oriented as it is towards a systemic world, ...the fantastic dimension arises from the labyrinthine complexity of infinite possible relations... Her vital yearning towards the formal recomposition of totality, ...it undermines the rigid and schematic juxtapositions between figurative and abstract... and delineates new possible connections and relations.” - Giuseppe Vannucci.

Maria Micozzi’s career has included an intense round of exhibitions, in Italy and abroad. In the late 1980s she was featured in the New York Expo; in Spain she was invited to join an exhibition of international artists organized by the Ministry of Culture in Madrid. There have been exhibitions featuring her work in Frankfurt, Miami, London and New York, while several one-person exhibitions have been held in Germany and the Netherlands.

Micozzi’s epistemological demon still drives her towards themes of complexity and the denunciation of the paradoxes. Maria Micozzi continues to explore complexity in the everyday through unusual relations between differences, experimenting with innovative approaches in both formal and technical terms but without diminishing the stylistic unity of her work.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2021 “Le donne di Dante: la via del cambiamento” - Villa Reale – Monza – Italy.

2018 “La forza di rigenerarsi – vivere la terra dove ha soffiato il Drago” - curated by Carla Galimberti – Castello della Rancia, Tolentino (MC) ; Palazzo Servanzi Confidati, San Severino Marche (MC).

2016 Scenography “Il processo nel processo” di A. Carrabs – curated by Zeroconfini onlus – Salone Metaurense, Palazzo della Prefettura – Pesaro.

2015 “Acque profonde”- MUMI Ecomuseo Milano Sud e Ass. Bei Navigli – curated by Floriano De Santi – Ex Fornace – Milano.

          Scenography “Aurelia Josz –la rivoluzione femminile in agricoltura” – a cura della Casa della Poesia di Monza – Teatrino di Corte di Villa Reale di Monza – Monza.

2013 Scenography “Viole x Enza” – curated by Zeroconfini – Court Theatre of Villa Reale, Monza (March) – Chiostro dei Glicini of Società Umanitaria, Milano (June) – Auditorium of Università Bicocca, Milano (October) – Sala delle Otto Colonne in Palazzo Reale, Milano (November) – Theatre BI’, Cormano (February 2014)

2012 Texte and scenography of the comedy “Le femmine- Lisistrata e le altre” – Teatro  Altinate San Gaetano - Padova.

2009 Conference “Donne e uomini tra la vita e la morte” -  Art installation ”Sovvertire l’ordine” and report “Quale idea della morte e quale idea della vita-Diversità di genere tra antropologia e sistemi culturali” - curated by Oikos-Bios – Padova University, department of Sociology - Padova.

2007 “Don’t  rape Lilith – il nome e il branco” - curated by Miniaci Art Gallery – Paganini Hall, State Archive - Milano.

          “Il nome il branco” - curated by Con-fine -  Palazzo Capris di Cigliè - Torino.

2005 “La domanda e l’utopia- Omaggio alle Città invisibili di Italo Calvino” - Castiglione  Arte - curated by Giuseppe Vannucci- Bologna.

2004 “Geometrie e frammenti”- Galleria Comunale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea – Piombino (LI).

2003 “Maria Micozzi o il mistero del corpo” - curated by Fondazione Mastroianni – itinerancies to Arpino, Veroli, Sora, Cassino,  Alatri, Frosinone.

          “Il peso della leggerezza” - curated by Pier Luigi Senna - Fondazione Mathalon – Milano.

2002 “Il corpo e la macchina” – curated by Floriano De Santi – Rampa di Francesco di Giorgio Martini - Urbino.

2001 ”Il segno forte della complessità” - Galleria Mentana - curated by F. De Bartolomeis, F. De Faveri and N. Nuti - Firenze.

1998 “La disperatissima sete – 8 piéces per Giacomo Leopardi” - curated by Carla Galimberti - Galleria Civica Guzzini - Recanati (MC).

          Galerie Nijehove - Diepenheim - Olanda

1997 “La seduzione, ossessione e paura nei Trattati degli Inquisitori” - curated by Giulia Bellarosa - Rocca Malatestiana - Montefiore Conca (RN).

1995 “Il Corpo” - curated by G.B.Arte – Torre Capitolare, Portovenere (SP); Villa Borromeo, Vimercate (MI).

1994 Galerie Zech - Ingolstadt - Germania.

          Malerwinkel - Braunschwaig - Germania.

          “Taci, sulle soglie del bosco non odo…” - La Versiliana - Marina di Pietrasanta (MS).

1992 “Saffo” - Museo Pinacoteca - Massa Marittima.

          Alter Keltern - Bad Friedrichshall - Germania

1991 “Il luogo dei giochi” - Teatro  Filodrammatici – curated by Giuliana Picarelli, Milano.

          Galleria A.A.A. - Ascona - Svizzera.

          “ll Cibo e l’Arte” - curated by Galerie PS - itinerancies: Auto Becker, Dusseldorf; Kronenscholoschen Eltville Braiersbronn, Tombach;  Gala, Aachen;  Leeberghof, Tegernsee; Jorg Muller, Westerland Sylt; Orangerie, Darmstadt; Landaus Eschbock Plomberg, Mondsee; Roma, Saarbrucken; Rainer’s  Portschah, Woprthersee; Colombi Hotel, Friburg; C+W Gourmet,Berlin; Prinz  Eugen, Hilton, Vienna; Giardino, Ascona; Hotel La Seserve, Ginevra;  Hotel  Nassauer Hof, Wiesbaden.

          Art Gallery Montague - New York - U.S.A.

1990 Die Treppe Galerie - Ruttingen Reudern - Germania.

1989 Grotte di Palazzo Sangallo - Tolentino (MC).

          Galleria AAA - Ascona - Svizzera.

          Galerie PS - Rottach Egern - Monaco - Germania.

1988 Galleria Mentana, Firenze.

          Galerie Ophir - “Austellung zu Wagnerfestspielen” - Beyreut - Germania.

1987 Galerie PS - Gmund am Tegernsee - Germania.

1986 Galleria Palmieri - with the participation of Pierre Restany - Milano.

1985 Museo Remo Brindisi – curated by Carmine Benincasa - Lido di Spina (FE).

EXHIBITIONS:

2020 “Maternità: il dono della vita” - curated by Nevia Capello – Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello – Venezia.

          “Vagiti ultimi – Verba Volant” IX Edizione – curated by Associazione Vagiti Ultimi – Chiostro della Cattedrale – Atri (TE).

          “Human Rights? - #The future's shape” 2020 – curated by AIAPI – Fondazione Opera Campana dei Caduti – Rovereto (TN)

2019 “Human Rights?# Clima” - a cura di AIAPI – Fondazione Opera Campana dei Caduti – Rovereto (TN).

2018 “IX Biennale dell'Incisione Italiana Contemporanea” - curated by Domenico Fratianni – Campobasso.

2017 “Love & Violence” - curated by Barbara Codogno and Silvia Prelz – Galleria Civica Cavour – Padova.

         ”Flu Games Berlin 3” - curated by Studio Jelmoni – Malzfabrick – Berlino – Germania.

2016 Permanent painting of Pinacoteca d'Arte Contemporanea - Casoli di Atri (TE).

          “50 anni d'arte in Lombardia” - a cura di Arianna Sartori – Casa Museo Sartori – Castel d'Ario (MN)

2013 '55 Biennale di Venezia – Overplay – curated by E. Bazzanella, G. Bonomo, N. Pizzul-Capello, D. Valentinuzzi – Associazione Culturale Italo-tedesca – Palazzo Albrizzi – Venezia.

2010 “Potere, inconscio e creatività- Lo stato delle cose”- curated by Floriano De Santi- Villa Doria Pamphilj- Roma.

2008 “Una casa di carta per mia madre” for the book of Ada Celico - Spazio Tadini - Milano.

          International convention “Diritto di cittadinanza e disuguaglianze sociali” at the National Science Festival – Art installation “Assioma-paradigma” and report “Attraversare la diversità”- Genova.

2007 “Germinazioni - la terra, il grano saraceno, la forma, la scultura” - Palazzo Besta - Teglio (SO).

2004 “Lilith – l'aspetto femminile della creazione” - curated by Maria Luisa Trevisan – Scuderie Aldobrandini per l'Arte – Frascati (Roma).

2002 “La macchina del consenso” - installation in the exhibition ’12 artisti per Leonardo' - Museo della Scienza e della Tecnica - Milano.

1999 “Ty Nant Art Exibition” - curated by Ilia Pellegrinelli - London Institute of Contemporary Art - Londra (GB).

1998 Performance-exihibition “Du Frau Mann Uomo Donna Tu”, H.Haindl e A. Simon – Stadtmuseum - Hofheim Am Taunus (Francoforte) - Germania.

1997 “Figurazione – Arte d’immagini in Lombardia, oggi” - curated by Giorgio Seveso - Museo della Permanente - Milano.

          “900 – Novecento, secessioni astratto-informali in Italia 1980-2000” - Forum Artis Museum - Montese (MO).

1995 Art Miami International Exposicion - Galleria Ravagnan - Miami - U.S.A.

          “Ad occhi aperti – International Sculpture Exihibition” - curated by Antonella Serafini - Chiostro di San Agostino - Pietrasanta  (MS).

1994 ”Decumano Secondo: ipotesi di percorso artistico” - curated by Circolo della Rosa – Verona.

1990 “Rassegna d’Arte  Italo-Tedesca” - curated by Gallery  L’Ariete - Goethe Institut - Bologna.

          “Nel regno di Eros” - curated by Giorgio di Genova - Villa Pellizzari - Seravezza (LU).

          Arte Hamburg Expo - Galerie PS - Amburgo - Germania.

1988 “Esposicion  de Artistas Internacionales por Carlos Terzero” - Ministero della Cultura di Madrid - Fundacion Casa de los Artistas - Ibiza - Spagna.

1987 “Rassegna d’Arte Fantastica  - Miraggi “ - curated by Renzo Margonari and Carlo Munari - Palazzo Roncale - Rovigo (PD).

          “Art Expo” - New York – USA.

1985 “Arte in Italia – 1958-1985” - curated by Carmine Benincasa - Castello di Baia - Napoli.